Basso profondo
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Basso profondo (also basso profundo) is the deepest type of male singing voice.[1][2] It is a bass voice subtype with the lowest vocal range. While the New Grove Dictionary of Opera defines a typical bass as having a range that is limited in deepness to the second E below middle C (E2),[3] basso profondos can often descend to as low as three G's below middle C (G1). The part is often reserved to older men.[4]
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- ^ Cole, Richard; Ed Schwartz. "Basso profundo". Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary. Virginia Tech Department of Music. http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textb/Bassoprofundo.html. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ Belmond, Sylvie. "Singers’ impromptu performances are a real delight". http://www.theacorn.com/news/2010-10-14/Community/Singers_impromptu_performances_are_a_real_delight.html. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ Owen Jander, Lionel Sawkins, J.B. Steane, Elizabeth Forbes (ed L Macy). "Bass". Grove Music Online. http://www.grovemusic.com. Retrieved 14 June 2006.; The Oxford Dictionary of Music gives E2–e4/f4
- ^ Croan, Robert (7 October 2010). "The basses of 'the Barber'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10280/1093129-388.stm. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
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